Drive Chrome With Stable Accessibility Refs For Repeatable Browser Automation

---
name: "Drive Chrome with stable accessibility refs for repeatable browser automation"
slug: "drive-chrome-with-stable-accessibility-refs-for-repeatable-browser-automation"
description: "Use PinchTab when an agent needs repeatable browser automation with stable element references, persistent profiles, and low-token page inspection. It fits tasks where a normal browser library is too noisy, brittle, or expensive in context."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab/tree/main/skills/pinchtab"
author: "pinchtab"
publisher_type: "Organization"
category: "Browser Automation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
---

# Drive Chrome with stable accessibility refs for repeatable browser automation

Use PinchTab when an agent needs repeatable browser automation with stable element references, persistent profiles, and low-token page inspection. It fits tasks where a normal browser library is too noisy, brittle, or expensive in context.

## Prerequisites

pinchtab, Chrome/Chromium

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install pinchtab/tap/pinchtab
- npm install -g pinchtab
- docker run -d \

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- **Docker:**

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **macOS / Linux:**
- bash
- **Homebrew (macOS / Linux):**

- Source: https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab/tree/main/skills/pinchtab
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinchtab/pinchtab/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/drive-chrome-with-stable-accessibility-refs-for-repeatable-browser-automation/)